Electric-charge-dependent directed flow splitting of produced quarks in Au+Au collisions

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Abstract

We report directed flow (v1) of multistrange baryons (Ξ and Ω) and improved v1 data for K, p¯, Λ¯ and ϕ in Au+Au collisions at sNN=27 and 200 GeV from the STAR experiment at the Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider (RHIC). We focus on particles whose constituent quarks are not transported from the incoming nuclei but instead are produced in the collisions. At intermediate impact parameters, we examine quark coalescence behavior for particle combinations with identical quark content, and search for any departure from this behavior (“splitting”) for combinations having non-identical quark content. Under the assumption of quark coalescence for produced quarks, the splitting strength appears to increase with the electric charge difference of the constituent quarks in the combinations, consistent with electromagnetic effect expectations.

Original languageEnglish
Article number139245
JournalPhysics Letters, Section B: Nuclear, Elementary Particle and High-Energy Physics
Volume862
DOIs
StatePublished - Mar 2025

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Keywords

  • Directed flow
  • Electric charge
  • Electromagnetic field
  • Heavy-ion collisions
  • Strangeness

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Nuclear and High Energy Physics

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